Problem #2298

2298.

A flower bouquet contains pink roses, red roses, pink carnations, and red carnations. One third of the pink flowers are roses, three fourths of the red flowers are carnations, and six tenths of the flowers are pink. What percent of the flowers are carnations?

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Reduce fractions to
lowest terms and enter in the form 7/9.

Numbers involving pi should be written as 7pi or 7pi/3
as appropriate.

Square roots should be written as sqrt(3),
5sqrt(5), sqrt(3)/2, or 7sqrt(2)/3 as appropriate.

Exponents should be entered in the form 10^10.

If the problem is multiple choice, enter the appropriate
(capital) letter.

Enter points with parentheses, like so: (4,5)

Complex numbers should be entered in rectangular form
unless otherwise specified, like so: 3+4i. If there is no
real component, enter only the imaginary component (i.e. 2i,
NOT 0+2i).